Pumped-storage hydro · grid battery
Hongrin-Léman (Veytaux)
operatingSwitzerland · closed loop, no river attached
- Turbine capacity
- 480 MW
- Energy storage
- -
- Gross head
- -
- First unit
- 1971
Pumps Lake Geneva water 880 m up to Lac de l'Hongrin; the 2016 Veytaux-2 cavern doubled it to 480 MW
Nameplate figures and coordinates: Wikidata · 46.4102, 6.9317